River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-18
J, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST Is, 1887.

The discussion was opened by Mr.
Booth, the successful dairyman in
Deerlield township. He said he would
not breed the cows until November Oh
| December. The calves will then come
about September. The cows will give
| the largest flow of milk when it is the
most profitable, that is in September
| October and November. IL is the
most profitable because we are keeping
| them on summer or fall feed, and we
| get near winter prices for our butter.
| by this method of changing from sum.
mer To winter dairying the cows are
| MIXED long time, and are really far
| row cows the first season, but they are
not Improbable at this time, for they
are MIXED fifteen or sixteen months
without being dry. There is not much
loss in making the change in this way.
Winter dairVing has advantages over
summer dairying. The COW will give
more milk for year to calVe in Sep
| TENDER than she will TO calve in March,
| and she is giving the largest flow of
milk when il is the most profitable, and
/ the farmer is relieved from milking in
July and August when the work is
crOwding. During these months the
cows haYe about AL they can attend to
| fighting flies. One of the most impor-
| tant points in favor of winter dairying
is the fact that. with warm quarters,
| better calves will be raised in winter
than in summer. We take better care
of the calves in winter than in summer
because we have more time. We are
not so likely to let them go hungry if
they will not drink cold or sour milk,
and the milk is less liable to be sour
in winter.
In the discussion that followed, l..
IL. Weller, G. l.. Gabrilson, w. b. Hill.
X. f. Pierce, Geo. X. Smith, ThOs. Ira
cy, ii. Bailey, Mr.. Bowman and others
took part. Mr.. Booth said when he
fed his cows best last winter he gave
them about thirteen pounds of ground
oats and corn feed day, and all the
hay or corn fodder they would eat
Some doubted whether this kind of
treatment would pay. Mr.. Il. said the
average yearly income from cows in
Chickasaw county was not over twenty
five dollars, and il takes at least half
that amount to sustain the COW 10 make
her do even that we'll. Mr.. Booth
thought the COW ought TO have rest
of twelve weeks before calving each
year. Cows are not worn out by good
feeding, but by not giving them the
proper amount of rest each year. Such
cows as we ought to keep in the dairy,
treated as they should be treated will
produce fifty dollars gross. 1t takes
twenty-five dollars of that to keep her
as | claim she ought to be kept. which
leaves me twenty-five dollars for the
investment and care. Which pays
bestl Mr.. Booth thought the butchers
ought to have good many cows that
are now kept as dairy cows in Chicka-
saw county. Don't keep cow for
dairy purposes if she is not profitable.
Weed out your herd and keep only the
best.
Capt. Merry of Manchester, being in
the audience. was called out. He con-
graduated the farmers on having or
ganized this Farmers and Dairymen's
Association. tie could see in it some
thing practical and of great benefit to
those who took part in the discussions.
Such associations would surely help to
advance the condition of all in COM
munity where they are sustained. He
pointed with good deal of satisfaction
to the fact that this section of Iowa
had taken first and second premiums
at the great National Dairy convention
at Jackson. Miss, last winter, the larg-
est and best dairy meeting ever held
in this country. He told how the dairy
industry had elevated Delaware coun-
ty. When the farmers of that county
first turned their attention to dairying
they were owned by the banks and
merchants of Manchester. And now
he was glad to say, that the farmers
owned the banks and merchants. Dali
rying and those branches of farming
that naturally go with it is what has
put us on our feet and made us an in
dependent and happy community. He
called attention to the fact that the
next National and State Dairy conven-
ton would be held at Manchester tor
one week during the coming winter
and he hoped to see large delegation
present from this Association.